Posted on 03/27/2008 6:53:28 PM PDT by Kaslin
DiplomacyThree congressmen were caught traveling to praise prewar Iraq on Saddam Hussein's dime in 2002. Others have made pilgrimages to pay tribute to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. This is getting out of control.
None of it had anything to do with the congressmen's claimed concern for Iraqi children, but it did undermine the U.S. alliance-building effort. And by coincidence, it was exactly what Saddam wanted.
Now we learn the junket was just as it seemed at the time — a Saddam-paid propaganda production, starring three U.S. dupes. The congressmen say they had no idea, but they should have known and must be aware that people will seek to manipulate politicians.
In this case, however, Bush derangement syndrome seemed to trump all judgment in freelance diplomacy, and the result was a sellout of our interests.
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Treason
You can say that again. Unfortunately nothing is going to happen to these traitors
Other accounts describing the trip state that the trip was supposedly paid for by a “charity.” Isn’t that just like a pol to let a charity pay for their junket. Now this is even worse as the charity was a front for Hussein who really paid for the trip.
These three clowns will be re-elected. The decline of American public life continues unabated.
Saddam And The Three Stooges, traitors all.
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Useful idiots.
No, better make that useless idiots.
They were a bad investment for Saddam.
Add to the list... Rockefeller, Pelosi and Specter kissing Bashar's rump in Damascus. All of them need a short walk to a scaffold.
That's the # 1 requirement to be a Democrat.
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